Natural Killer Cell Counts Are Not Different between Patients with Post-Lyme Disease Syndrome and Controls
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 08/12/2009
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Marques A et al. – It has been reported that patients with "chronic Lyme disease" have a decreased number of natural killer cells, as defined by the CD57 marker. The authors performed immunophenotyping in 9 individuals with post–Lyme disease ... 12 who recovered from Lyme disease, and 9 healthy volunteers. The number of natural killer cells was not significantly different between the groups.
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Lyme carditis: Sequential electrocardiographic changes in response to antibiotic therapy
International Journal of Cardiology, 10/13/2009
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Manzoor K et al. – This report describes a 43 year–old man with Lyme carditis who presented with complete heart block. The heart block resolved with ceftriaxone therapy. Lyme carditis should be ... considered in the differential diagnosis in patients who present with new onset advanced heart block.
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Psychiatric Comorbidity and Other Psychological Factors in Patients with Chronic Lyme Disease
American Journal of Medicine, 08/21/2009
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Hassett AL et al. – Psychiatric comorbidity and other psychological factors are prominent in the presentation and outcome of some patients who inaccurately ascribe longstanding symptoms to “chronic Lyme disease.”
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Panel hears conflicting views on Lyme disease treatment
American Medical News, 08/18/2009
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Landers SJ – The debate over whether chronic Lyme disease exists and how it should be treated has become increasingly contentious in the past few years, even prompting antitrust charges by one state attorney general over treatment ... management
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Maternal Lyme borreliosis and pregnancy outcome
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 11/20/2009
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Lakos A et al. – The results indicate that an untreated maternal Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infection may be associated with an adverse outcome, although bacterial invasion of the fetus cannot be proven. It appears that a specific syndrome ... congenital Lyme borreliosis’ is unlikely.
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Blood Cultures for Patients with Extracutaneous Manifestations of Lyme Disease in the United States
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 11/11/2009
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Nowakowski J et al. – Spirochetemia in US patients with extracutaneous manifestations of Lyme disease is not well documented. In this study, blood culture results were positive for 5 of 26
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Possible role of glial cells in the onset and progression of Lyme neuroborreliosis
Journal of Neuroinflammation, 08/28/2009
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Ramesh G et al. – The results support the notion that innate responses of glia to B. burgdorferi initiate/mediate the inflammation seen in acute LNB, and show that neuronal apoptosis occurs in this context.
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